Organismal defenses versus environmentally mediated protection from herbivores: Unraveling the puzzling case of Desmarestia viridis (Phaeophyta)

Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology

Volumn 334, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 10-19

  Gagnon, Patrick ^a   Louis Vincent St Hilaire Gravel, ^b   Himmelman, John H ^a   Johnson, Ladd E ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b NONE

Author keywords

Algae herbivore interaction; Defenses; Desmarestia viridis; Displacements; Foraging behavior; Strongylocentrotus droebachiensis; Sulfuric acid; Water motion

Indexed keywords

ALGA; ANTIHERBIVORE DEFENSE; BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE; DEFENSE MECHANISM; ECHINODERM; WAVE ACTION;

ALGAE; DESMARESTIA VIRIDIS; ECHINOIDEA; LYTECHINUS VARIEGATUS; PHAEOPHYCEAE; STRONGYLOCENTROTUS DROEBACHIENSIS;

EID: 33646873296     PISSN: 00220981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2006.01.012     Document Type: Article

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